Improvement in metal switches for killing insects



.S. A. DURRISUN. I Metal Switch for Killing Insects.

No. 161,870. Patented Aprill3,l875.

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IMPROVEMENT IN METAL SWITCHES FOR KILLING INSECTS.

Spec fication forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,870, dated April13, 1875; application filed March 10, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. DORRI- SON, ofClinton, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Metal Switch for KillingInsects; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation ot'the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings making apart of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a perspective view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the handle detached from theswitch. Fig. 3 is a view of. the switch.

This invention relates to a switch for killing flies, mosquitoes, andother insects that are so common to dwellings and my invention consistsin a metal switch formed of fine metal wires, in a manner as will behereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, A is designed to represent the metal switch, and B themetal handle. The switch is composed of fine wires of any suitablemetal, arranged in very thin layers, and the wires spread out far enoughapart, so

that when using the switch, as you strike, the

wind will pass between the wires, and the fly or other insect will notfeel the pressure of the air.

In connecting the switch to the handle the wires in the end are heldtogether by wire cord or other suitable means, and then is dipped inmolten metal, which permanently secures them together. The end of theswitch is now inserted in the handle, the same being a plain metal tube,B, after which the tube is flattened, as shown in Fig. l of thedrawings, securely connecting the two together, making a very simpledevice for the purpose for which it is intended.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a switch, for killing insects, composedof line metal wires, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL A. DORRISON.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA THISSELL, HORACE A. THISSELL.

